Family life with Kate (LID Nov 05, Referral May 07) and Alice (adopted at 8 months in July 07 from Yunnan in China) while pursueing a second adoption.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

3 IN A MORNING

D and I decided to give the girls a treat and take them to the cinema this morning, A's been before but Alice hadn't.

Before we left I went to get some bottled water from the drinks' cupboard, when a bottle of rose smashed at my feet, then I cut myself clearing up the mess. I'd got up relatively early to put the rubbish out and thought I'd be organised and get the car out while I was in the garage, by the time we were ready to go it had iced up (yes, it's that cold).

The girls (and the other children in the audience) were quite restless - that's only a reflection on how awful the chipmunk film was. We'd planned to take the girls out to lunch after the film, but then changed our minds - we decided that they were probably too full of popcorn and had sat for long enough.

Instead I decided to go shopping - there was a N*xt just around the corner. I bought Alice some lovely clothes for the springtime but somewhere between the checkout and the car (less than a minute) we lost Flat Panda, I very quickly got Alice into the car (as I was halfway through the process when we realised) and then retraced my steps. No sign of FP anywhere, I asked every member of staff that I saw and frantically looked at everyone I passed. Nothing. It was a 20 minute drive home and Alice howled all the way, she wasn't even comforted when I found her one of the other FPs we have at home - it was the actual LOSS of FP that really distressed her. I spent a lot of the afternoon searching for another but it was discontinued a while ago and I can't find one in Europe or America online.

A traumatic and stressful morning. Luckily the afternoon was calmer. After Alice had recovered she found the other 3 FPs (and I'm still panicking that we'll lose the others!) and put them in timeout!

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LITTLE SIS'S ADOPTION TIMELINE

End of 2003 - decided to adopt (always knew I'd have at least 2 children!)July 2008 - completed adoption paperwork for Alice22nd August 2008 - applied to SS for a second HS21st September 2008 - 7th December 2008 - HS8th January 2009 - passed Panel (UK approval to adopt SN daughter from Thailand)30th June dossier received in Thailand30th December switched to domestic adoption

Still to come:Wait for a new SW, new medical, new addemdum to HS, another Panel (hopefully with approval, wait for matching . . . . homecoming)

ALICE'S ADOPTION TIMELINE

End of 2003 - decided to adoptEarly 2004 - rang SS and had preliminary visit to explain process, went on waiting list for HSSept 2004 - accepted last minute place on Adoption Preparation CourseOctober 2004 - met SW and realised I was expecting HS for China and SS were expecting HS for domestic placementNovember 2004 - met new SW and HS beganFebruary 2005 - HS complete9th May 2005 - passed Panel (UK approval given to adopt from China)10th June 2005 - dossier sent to Welsh Assembly Government1st July - dossier sent to Dfes in London14th October 2005 - dossier left UK for China, DTC!1st November 2005 - dossier logged in at CCAA, LID.1st September 2006 - dossier out of review room.15th October 2006 - Alice born.Easter 2007 - devasted that rumour to be included in referrals turns out to be wrong.30th April 2007 - find out my LID is the cutoff date, my referral is on it's way!2nd May 2007 - referral confirmed, my baby is An Hao Ming, born 15.10.06 in Yunnan, overwhelmed at referral and amazed at such a young baby!9th May 2007 (2nd anniversary of Panel approval) - I finally get to see my baby's face and learn more about her. Meet with GP and SW to get approval and formally accept referral.1st June 2007 - get visa to go to China.29th June 2007 - leave UK for China.30th June 2007 - arrive in Kunming, Alice's home town.1st July 2007 - take my baby in my arms for the first time, an incredible day.2nd July 2007 - adopt Alice.11th July 2007 - bring Alice home.December 2007 - British Citizenship granted.July 2008 - Alice's first UK passport issued and complete official paperwork for her adoption.